Offline signature verification using the discrete radon transform and a hidden Markov model

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2004, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-571

  Coetzer, J ^a   Herbst, B M ^a   Du Preez, J A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discrete Radon transform; Hidden Markov model; Offline signature verification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER CRIME; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

DISCRETE RADON TRANSFORM; EQUAL ERROR RATE (ERR); HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; OFFLINE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942559077     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865704309042     Document Type: Article

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